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Eat & Drink Did you know we offer a wide range of fresh and tasty platters to eat prior to film screenings? Take your pick from a hummus, mezze or tapas platter and order when you book your tickets (no later than 24 hours in advance). Your food will be here ready and waiting when you arrive. Yum!
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Support Us and Save Fancy saving £1 on up to 2 tickets per film (4 for family members), earning loyalty points on top of that and enjoying discounts from the café? Become a Salisbury Arts Centre Member for just £24 per year (£36 for family membership) and you’ll get all that and more! Simply sign up through the Box Office or our website.
Watch Trailers and More You can now watch trailers of all our forthcoming films at www.salisburyartscentre.co.uk - go to the film page and click on the trailer for a little sneak preview. You’ll also find quotes and links to interesting features to help you pick the right films for you.
In exceptional circumstances we may have to make changes to the planned programme of events. We avoid this wherever possible but we’re afraid we have to reserve the right to do so!
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Leviathan
Friday 8 May 7.30pm (bar open 6.45pm) ● Tickets: £7 | £6 members ● Book now>>>
Dir: Andrey Zvyagintsev. 140 mins. Cert 15. Russian with subtitles. Cast: Aleksey Serebryakov, Elena Lyadova, Roman Madyanov. An absorbing drama about a battle against corruption in a Russian coastal town. Inspired by the Old Testament’s Book of Job, Leviathan tells a David and Goliath story of one man fighting an unscrupulous mayor to save his home.
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“Stunningly shot and superbly acted, especially by Madyanov, this is film-making on a grand scale.” The Guardian Golden Globe: Best Foreign Language Film Cannes Film Festival: Best Screenplay
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Whiplash
Thursday 14 May 7.30pm (bar open 6.45pm) ● Tickets: £7 | £6 members ● Book now>>>
Dir: Damien Chazelle. 107 mins. Cert 15. Cast: Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Melissa Benoist.
“Whiplash is superb: slick, authentic and infectious.”
An intense and exhilarating American drama about a young drummer’s drive to be the best.
Academy Award Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
When Andrew enrols at a cut-throat music conservatory his passion for perfection spirals into obsession, as his ruthless teacher pushes him to the brink of his ability.
Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
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X+Y
Tuesday 9 June 7.30pm (bar open 6.45pm) ● Tickets: £7 | £6 members ● Book now>>>
Dir: Morgan Matthews. 111 mins. Cert 12A. Cast: Asa Butterfield, Rafe Spall, Sally Hawkins. An inspiring and life-affirming film about a socially awkward teenage maths prodigy and his unconventional teacher. Preferring to hide in the safety and security of numbers and mathematics, Nathan struggles to connect with people. When he joins the British team at the International Mathematics Olympiad he discovers unexpected challenges and feelings for a beautiful competitor.
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“A clever, imaginative, supple movie, true to itself in spirit and essence.” Financial Times Palm Beach International Film Festival: Best Feature Film
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Kumiko The Treasure Hunter Thursday 18 June 7.30pm (bar open 6.15pm) ● Tickets: £7 | £6 members ● Book now>>>
Dir: David Zellner. 105 mins. Cert 12A. English and Japanese with subtitles. Cast: Rinko Kikuchi, Nobuyuki Katsube, Shirley Venard. A darkly comic odyssey with a score from electro-indie outfit The Octopus Project. A lonely Japanese woman becomes convinced that the money buried in the fictional film Fargo is real. With a crudely drawn treasure map, she embarks on a quest in search of her mythical fortune.
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“A haunting, fantasy adventure for the ages in one of this century’s most breathtaking independent films..” Associated
Press
Sundance Film Festival: Special Jury Prize Toronto After Dark Film Festival: Most Original Film
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Bag of Rice
Saturday 20 June 11am ● Tickets: £4 | £3 members ● Book now>>>
Dir: Mohammed-Ali Talebi. 80 mins. Cert U. Persian with subtitles. Cast: Jairan Abadzade, Shirin Bina, Masume Eskandari. A family film that begins as an odd-couple adventure and opens into something profound and unforgettable. Four-year-old Jairan is ignored at home and itching for something to do. Convincing her partially-sighted neighbour that the two of them should travel across Tehran to buy rice, what could possibly go wrong?
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“Children in Talebi’s films, especially in Bag of Rice, are not guided by adults but rather they are the guiding force through the unexpected surprises of everyday life, on journeys of selfdetermination.” Ehsan Khoshbakht
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Trash
Sunday 28 June 7.30pm (bar open 6.45pm) ● Tickets: £7 | £6 members ● Book now>>>
Dir: Stephen Daldry. 114 mins. Cert 15. Portugese and English with subtitles. Cast: Rooney Mara, Martin Sheen, Wagner Moura, Rickson Tevez, Eduardo Luis, Gabriel Weinstein. Slumdog Millionaire meets City of God in this tale of three Brazilian street kids. Scripted by Richard Curtis and directed by Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot), Trash tells the story of three children caught in a web of corruption after finding a wallet in the rubbish tips of Rio de Janeiro.
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“There’s a driving energy to the film-making and three central performances, from nonprofessional actors Rickson Tevez, Gabriel Weinstein and Eduardo Luis, are first rate.” The Times
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Love is Strange
Thursday 2 July 7.30pm (bar open 6.45pm) ● Tickets: £7 | £6 members ● Book now>>>
Dir: Ira Sachs. 94 mins. Cert 15. Cast: John Lithgow, Alfred Molina. Marisa Tomei. A story of love, friendship and intergenerational tensions set to a delicate Chopin score. After decades together Ben and George finally tie the knot but, when George loses his job soon after, the couple must live apart until they can find an affordable new home. George moves in with two cops downstairs while Ben ends up sharing a bunk bed with a temperamental teenager at his nephew’s house.
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“As a couple, Lithgow and Molina are flawless. It’s like watching your own grandparents, who are still madly in love after decades together.” Film4
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Still Alice
Sunday 26 July 7.30pm (bar open 6.15pm) ● Tickets: £7 | £6 members ● Book now>>>
Post-show Q & A in association with the Alzheimer’s Society
Dir: Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland. 101 mins. Cert 12A. Cast: Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kristen Stewart. A heartfelt drama starring Julianne Moore in her Oscar winning role. Alice Howland is a wife, mother and renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. Diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s Disease, Alice’s struggle to stay connected with her family and the person she once was is heartbreaking and inspiring.
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“Writer-directors Glatzer and Westmoreland have written a rich, multi-layered screenplay that works equally well as family melodrama and as a meditation on language, identity and mortality.” The Independent
Academy Award Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
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The Tale of The Princess Kaguya Saturday 8 August 11am ● Tickets: £4 | £3 members ● Book now>>>
Dir: Isao Takahata. 137 mins. Cert U. Cast: Chloe Grace Moretz, James Caan, Mary Steenburgen. A Japanese animated fantasy drama produced by Studio Ghibli. Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthals all who encounter her but ultimately she must confront her fate... the punishment for her crime.
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“It has a delicacy and a handcrafted feel that you won’t find in the latest DreamWorks or Pixar blockbuster. Instead of brash primary colours, Takahata uses a pale and watery palette.” Film4 Asia Pacific Film Award: Best Animated Feature
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MET Opera now on sale
October 2015 - April 2016 ● Tickets: £17 | £15 concessions>>> Doors open 45 minutes prior to the performance Met Live Verdi’s Il Trovatore Saturday 3 October 5.55pm Soprano Anna Netrebko stars as Leonora, the Verdi heroine who sacrifices her own life for the love of the gypsy troubadour. Met Live Verdi’s Otello Saturday 17 October 5.55pm Tenor Aleksandrs Antonenko plays the doomed Otello in this new production of Verdi’s tragic Shakespearean opera. Met Encore Wagner’s Tannhauser Wednesday 4 November 4pm James Levine conducts Wagner’s early masterpiece in its first return to the Met stage in more than a decade. Met Live Berg’s Lulu Saturday 21 November 5.30pm Acclaimed artist and director William Kentridge (The Nose) applies his unique theatrical vision to Berg’s notorious femme fatale who shatters lives, including her own. Met Encore Mozart’s The Magic Flute Saturday 12 December 7pm A special encore screening of Mozart’s classic opera. Met Live Bizet’s Les Pecheurs de Perles Saturday 16 January 5.55pm Bizet’s opera of lust and longing returns to the Met starring soprano Diana Damrau as the beautiful Hindu priestess pursued by rival pearl divers competing for her hand.
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Met Live Puccini’s Turandot Saturday 30 January 5.55pm Nina Stemme takes on the title role of the proud princess of legendary China and tenor Marco Berti is Calàf, the brave prince who sings “Nessun dorma” and wins her hand. Met Live Puccini’s Manon Lescaut Saturday 5 March 5.55pm The Met stage ignites when soprano Kristine Opolais and tenor Jonas Kaufmann join forces in Puccini’s obsessive love story. Met Live Puccini’s Madame Butterfly Saturday 2 April 5.55pm One of the world’s foremost Butterflys, soprano Kristine Opolais, takes on the title role and Roberto Alagna sings Pinkerton, the naval officer who breaks Butterfly’s heart. Met Live Donizetti’s Roberto Devereux Saturday 16 April 5.55pm Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky plays Queen Elizabeth I, forced to sign the death warrant of the nobleman she loves. Met Live Strauss’ Elektra Saturday 30 April 5.55pm Soprano Nina Stemme portrays Elektra’s primal quest for vengeance while legendary mezzo-soprano Waltraud Meier is chilling as Elektra’s fearsome mother Klytämnestra. Soprano Adrianne Pieczonka and bass Eric Owens are Elektra’s troubled siblings.
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Friday 22 May - Saturday 6 June Visit the Festival website to book your tickets>>>
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Booking & Access Please note that Salisbury Arts Centre will be closed for capital refurbishment from Sunday 9 August to Friday 4 September. You will still be able to book online at www.salisburyartscentre.co.uk or over the phone on 01722 321744 (Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 3pm) Tickets may be posted for 50p. Essential Companions go free. Children under 8 must be accompanied. Reservations may be made for films for up to 4 working days. Refunds and Exchanges only apply if a film is cancelled. Our address is Salisbury Arts Centre, Bedwin Street, SP1 3UT. Parking is free after 6pm in the nearby College Street and Salt Lane car parks. We have two Disabled Parking spaces at the rear of the Arts Centre, accessed via Bedwin Street. Buses go from New Canal Street and Endless Street nearby and the train station is just a 15 minute walk away. Public areas are accessible by ramps or lift. A disabled toilet is situated on the ground floor with full baby changing facilities. Wheelchair spaces and front row seats may be reserved (subject to availability) by those with limited mobility who are unable to climb any steps. All other seating is unreserved. Infrared or Induction Loop systems are available.